A DNA analysis of a sacrificial child burial at the Mexican site of Paquimé has revealed evidence of close relative mating among elites.
Paquimé, also known as Casas Grandes, is one of the largest and most complex Mogollon culture sites in the…
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Think fast — or not: Mathematics behind decision making
New research from a Florida State University professor and colleagues explains the mathematics behind how initial predispositions and additional information affect decision making.
The research team’s findings show that when decision makers…
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Those with the biggest biases choose first, according to new math study
In just a few months, voters across America will head to the polls to decide who will be the next U.S. president.
A new study draws on mathematics to break down how humans make decisions like this one. The researchers, including Zachary…
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Researchers develop AI model that predicts the accuracy of protein–DNA binding
A new artificial intelligence model developed by USC researchers and published in Nature Methods can predict how different proteins may bind to DNA with accuracy across different types of protein, a technological advance that promises to reduce…
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A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species
Slimy heralds of hope are hopping around Yosemite National Park.
Being a frog hasn’t been easy in the High Sierra or in many other places ever since a fungal parasite began exterminating frogs in the United States, Australia and…
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Record-breaking Coral Sea temperatures threaten the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces critical danger from back-to-back bouts of extreme ocean heat.
Ocean heat in the Coral Sea is at its highest in four centuries, scientists report in the Aug. 8 Nature. The researchers drilled…
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“Screaming Woman” mummy likely died in agony
In the mid-1930s, archaeologists excavating in Deir El-Bahari near Luxor made a remarkable discovery: a mummy whose facial expression appeared to be screaming.
Dubbed the “Screaming Woman”, the mummy was found in one of the burial chambers…
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New Study Refutes Leading Theory of Continent Formation
In the new study, Dr. David Hernández Uribe from the University of Illinois Chicago used computer models to study the formation of magmas thought to hold clues to the origin of Earth’s continents.
Hadean Earth. Image credit: Alec…
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Eye-tracking study provides valuable insights into learning mathematics
Eye-tracking allows studying aspects that cannot be seen, for example, the thinking processes of a student solving a mathematical problem. Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are the first in Lithuania to integrate eye-tracking…
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Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes
Artifacts from the ruins of a medieval laboratory are spilling a famous scientist’s secrets.
A chemical analysis of broken glassware belonging to 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe revealed elevated levels of nine metals,…
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